UAE allegedly Jails Nigerian woman who tweeted about how Nigerians were illegally detained at Dubai airport

A Nigerian woman, identified as @dunchichi on Twitter, has reportedly been sentenced to one year in prison by the United Arab Emirates for a post she made on Twitter showing how some Nigerians were detained illegally at Dubai international airport.

On 31st August, @dunchichi took to the social networking platform Twitter and narrated how she was detained in UAE alongside some other Nigerians despite possessing a valid visa. She wrote:

“I’m at Dubai international airport and myself and some tiger Nigerians with valid Visas are being held in a room hours after arriving with no explain and no information on what we can do. Please help me. There’s more than 20 of us,”.

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Few hours ago, Twitter user @jerrydoubles, who claimed to be her relative announced that @dunchichi had been sent to jail for an offence relating to her earlier post in Dubai. He wrote:

“It is sad and regrettably heartrending to tell you all that @dunchichi was sentenced on 12th Oct 22, to 1yr in jail in Dubai. Her family are devastated and Nigeria didn’t save her.”

“Her sentence came from the backdrop that she got a family visa to travel. But in fact, she was there with her sister. It got messy & complicated, she was released on arrival after being detained for several hours, only to be sentenced when she was returning to Nigeria.

“They are capitalising on the fact that she made a video then posted them on her Twitter timeline to narrate the ordeal. They said it’s cybercrime in their country. She went ahead to delete it. Still, that didn’t soften them. Now she is jailed #justicefordinci.”

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He also disclosed that her family is planning to protest her conviction at the Dubai consulate office in Abuja.

“If you stay in Abuja or know someone who does and would love to join us,”

The United Arab Emirates on Friday announced a visa ban on Nigerians, adding that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable.

The ban was announced in a notice issued by UAE immigration authorities to its trade partners in Nigeria including travel agencies.

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